Exam 1

• Date: Sept 22
• Review: Sept 19
• Material covered: modules 1 and 2
• Format: essays on passages from readings
• Essay Guidelines: here
• Number of essays: 3 (you'll choose from 4 possible passages)

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Wed Aug 27 MODULE 1: Wellbeing (1)

• Reading: Kagan
• Content: what is wellbeing? understanding the question

Fri Aug 29  MODULE 1: Wellbeing (2)

• Reading: Kagan
• Content: intrinsic goods, instrumental goods, hedonism, experience machine, objective list theory

Wed Sept 3  MODULE 1: Life Stages

• Reading: Arnett, Mintz
• Content: objective list theory, hedonism, stage-neutral theories, stage-relative theories, indigenous life stage concepts, Hindu life stages, 

Fri Sept 5  MODULE 1: Master narratives discussion

• Reading: Arnett
• Content: master narratives, counternarratives

Mon Sept 8   MODULE 2: Exam practice & babies

• Reading: Gopnik
• Content: babies more conscious than adults (didn't cover Gopnik's evidence)

Wed Sept 10  MODULE 2: Childhood Illbeing (1)

• Reading: Hannan
• Content: objective list theory, enhanced objective list theory, goods of childhood, Hannan's points about the goods of childhood

Fri Sept 12  MODULE 2: Childhood Illbeing (2)

• Reading: Hannan
• Content: objective list theory, enhanced objective list theory, four bads, Hannan's overall view  

Mon Sept 15 MODULE 2:  Saplings or Caterpillars?

• Reading: Tomlin
• Content: internal vs. external value, Erin and Dane thought experiments, 5 views of childhood

Wed Sept 17 MODULE 2: Saplings or Caterpillars?

• Reading: Tomlin
• Content: the caterpillar view, Tomlin's solution to the puzzles of Erin and Dane

Fri Sept 19 MODULE 2 Carefreeness

• Reading: Ferracioli
• Content: carefreeness, stage-neutral vs. stage-relative views, her view